Folds, Ben - Capable Of Anything Lyrics

Discovered this video about 1 hour ago have not stopped playing it on repeat. Listen to my first Ben Folds song 20 years ago and listening for the first time to anyone of his song is still the same just so f****** incredible

i like this better than the album version

What is this
It doesn't make much sense
They sing it like a pop song
You're capable of anything
And I'm sure they meant
You could be president
Or you could just forgive me

But I
Stopped
Caring what you think about me
I
Gave up
We're
Told
We are capable of anything
But you don't seem to think
That you are
Capable of anything

Swung and missed
I put my heart in this
Mythical holy good guy
I want so bad to be
But I was weak and wrong
And when I owned it all
It only made you rightous now
You get to blame your life on me but,
I
Stopped
Caring what you think about me
I
Gave up
We're
Told
We are capable of anything
But you dont seem to think
That you are
Capable of anything

You are
Capable of anything
But you dont seem
To think
That you could fly so low or sink so high
That you could ever love again or even try
That you could steal
Or cheat, or kill, or lie
But you might

This is sooooo damn good!!!!

Still one of the best live performances of a song I have ever seen and heard.

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Perhaps my favorite songwriter from 1997 to 2019. Admittedly, he hasn't had much competition in the last few years. Rock and pop has bit the dust, more or less.

@Bob Dole I'll check him out, liked the big hit he had a few years ago.

@David Wise Yeah, that song got a stupid amount of airplay, but he's got a bunch of others that were really good too.


And the videos for them are usually pretty dang cool as well.

@Bob Dole Since I rarely listen to the radio now, I missed the overplay. Thank goodness it's still fresh to me. Hee, hee

@David Wise I didn't mind the overplay, but it got just plain old silly for a while. For some songs, overplay kills them for me, but Somebody that I Used to Know is still really good and I leave it on whenever I hit it.

@Bob Dole, terrific song by Gotye, was overseas at time and it was constantly played, still enjoyed it though. Some songs they can wear out though.

HOW DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 200K VIEWS WHEN BABY SHARK HAS 2 BILLION

They're like a refined Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

I absolutely love this, but I don't understand where the snare drum sounds are coming from.

The man on the left is playing a cajon, which is a box drum, with the mallet. They have snares inside of them.

This is awesome!

たまらん

we played this for our marching band show last year. it was a really fun experience.

This song is just magical. The whole collaboration was, honestly.

Damn this is really really beautiful and nice to listen to.

I love all songs with trumpets XD

매일매일 들으러 와요. 최고.

Sounds like Belle & Sebastian :)

와대박. 귀가 청소되네. Truly refreshing!

She sorta reminds me of Sarah Silverman

So good! This is realy art

I'm A Todd Rundgren /Ben Folds kind music person...I don't Think a Comet could Damage Me More.

close to when the BEATLES did the ROOF TOP THING...I love it .I Watch Every Face Every Move .The professional way they do everything.Not Just This Song!!!

Is this romperoomcore?

Was that Thom Yorke playing the trumpet?

sounds grat but where is the redoblant??

前向きにしてくれる曲

Awesome song. Reminds me of old Death Cab and a little of Beulah.

cappable of everything that is true other is a mistake of almacenamiento

Sounds like Jonsi ?

Who is the woman who sings with him and plays the flute?

Alex Sopp. Excellent musician.

Thank you! Actually, she's an excellent musician.

Shoutout to all my fellow trumpeters.

watch the percussion player

Amazing! Going to the concert in Melbourne next week...can't wait.

Why does this not have more views. Oh people. I feel bad for those who don't follow the Folds.

This just started my day off perfectly! Wonderful music :)

Birmingham, England; 13th June, 2016. You had to be there.

I liked the part when he messed up the lyric. XD

LOVE that there's a hornist in this!!

Is that just bad terminology or did you mean trumpet?

He plays French horn too!!

Ergo, "hornist" :)

prob best thing on the web right now

i like the flappy hand he did at 3:17 haha~

This should get more attention!

this might beat his album supersunnyspeedgraphic the l.p.

Even a Jedi's mind is blown!

This is my favorite version of the song. I really like the levels on the drum and the Trumpet.

This Alex Sopp character is so talented and beautiful. She is my celebrity crush now....this gig must make her at least a Z-list celeb, right?!

Does he have to make it look so effortless? As long as Ben Folds is alive, the promise of the Great American songwriter is still alive. Long live Ben Folds! Long live Ben Folds!

I think I've been responsible for at least 1,000 of the views on this video in the past week..

I have another thousand Kristina

I love this combo! Just saw them in concert a few nights ago, and it was incredible!

The one person who disliked this seems like a huge asshole. This is amazing.

Seriously, what is better than that?

Seriously.....

I love this song so much!!! and YAY!! I'm not the only one who messed up on 'fly so low, sink so high'!!! BEN FOLDS MESSED UP TOO!! XD I love his music so much

Yea, don't think he messed up. He just altered it to be more witty. But we all love BF, so it's all good

Oh, I think he messed up, but he's so good that it doesn't seem like he did. Look at the face of the flautist. She *almost* cracked up. If that had been planned, I doubt she'd have reacted at all. Besides, Ben makes a little "I done goofed" head bob.

Ben Folds and yMusic are now the people I really want to hang out with most

I've been listening to this on repeat for the last few days. So ridiculously beautiful.

Beautiful song from a beautiful album!

Sounds good :)

Wow, what Ben Folds can do with a tiny keyboard! That is crazy! I just don't see how you could do octaves though. Well, whatever! It still sounds awesome.

Impressive and it looks so effortless...great great song!

The only way that this is better is if they are all dressed up in Renaissance festival gear.

Man, who is that flautist? She's crazy good! (and for some reason she reminds me of Stephanie Beatriz)

+CarBen Dioxide - Her name is Alex Sopp, and yes, she IS that good.

+WashingtonSYRA thanks!

8 total badasses

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Abso-fucking-lutely phenomenal. This is why I love Ben.

+Jack Stenholt IKR?? he is so amazing

Brilliant to see the whole song come together in one live session!

The fluffy-haired guy is really cute :)

Flawless.

Ben Folds: the best musician to hear live. Great job you guys!

66 likes, 20 views? WTF!!!

+Wolfman099plays *twilight zone theme plays* LOL

Gosh that was so good! Thanks Ben and crew!

Sounds just as good as the album version, which is insane. Love this

jacksfilms You are a Ben folds fan!?

@anatmanzen and even smiles about it

Can we have ygs jack? Where is it jack?

Him being able to do that without needing the recording engineer to make his voice sound right is why he was a judge on that a capella show, Sing Off.

Great song. Sounds like some of the drums were added later though...

+Jason Talbott I think it's just how those drum boxes work. Depending on where you hit them, they make different noises.

Great song, but who is playing the snare?

+cgilmartin sorry I meant left hand

+cgilmartin Correct. Not only that, but before that his hand isn't even on the face of the cajon, so it couldn't possibly be making a snare sound. If you hit the side of a cajon it just makes a flat wood smacking noise.

+theoya there is such a thing as a snared cajon, y'know.

I am aware of that: I even own a Meinl cajon that's nearly identical to the one in the video. The thing is that the side is too thick and it's connected rigidly to the rest of the body. For the snare to sound and sound anything like a snare drum it has to be on the front with the thin piece of wood. If you hit the side it makes a low thud type noise. You might also notice when he hits the front with the drum beater you don't hear a snare ringing, which leads me to believe that he either has it disengaged or shimmed so the snare doesn't sound.

Dude, I literally came to the comments for the same question.

What keyboard is Ben playing?

+Joel Corriveau , a Casiotone 201 from 1980, Casio's first Casiotone (and first consumer keyboard after the VL-Tone "Da Da Da" VL1)

Absolutely wonderful!! What a great song!

As always, I think you're amazing. Great song.

"But you don't seem to think that you can fly so high or sing... so high." lmao. Great song!

Its fly so low and sing so high

He knows this. Listen again. We love human mistakes. Love Ben Folds!

@3ztli Thanks, Captain Obvious... Mr. Folds is aware and guess what? He's allowed to make mistakes.

INcreidble, OUT of this world. Very well done.

Impeccable musicianship all around. Fantastic.

absolute genius

first comment mother fuckaahhh. amazing song